This is both galling and mind-boggling. Institutions truly will not save us.
President Trump has long made it a practice to tear up his papersand throw them away. It is a clear violation of the Presidential Records Act, which is supposed to prevent another Watergate-style cover-up. When the National Archives sent staff members to tape these records together, the White House fired them.
In 2017, a normally routine document released by the archives, a records retention schedule, revealed that archivists had agreed that officials from Immigration and Customs Enforcement could delete or destroy documents detailing the sexual abuse and death of undocumented immigrants. Tens of thousands of people posted critical comments, and dozens of senators and representatives objected. The National Archives made some changes to the plan, but last month it announced that ICE could go ahead and start destroying records from Mr. Trump’s first year, including detainees’ complaints about civil rights violations and shoddy medical care.
It’s not just ICE. The Department of the Interior and the National Archives have decided to delete files on endangered species, offshore drilling inspections and the safety of drinking water. The department even claimed that papers from a case where it mismanaged Native American land and assets — resulting in a multibillion-dollar legal settlement — would be of no interest to future historians (or anyone else).
Guess she’ll be starting new impeachment hearings. Start before they reach a verdict Nancy - and use inherent contempt- arrest those who refuse to honor their subpoenas.
After snubbing the presiding leader of Congress during a joint session, when he’s there at the invitation of Congress, shredding his speech at the end was justified.
eta: Spare-wheel Pence was wearing his leader of the Senate hat, and there’s a reason Trump is positioned in front of and below them.
As was skipping the usual “I have the high privilege and distinct honor of introducing” for just “ Ladies and gentlemen- the President of the United States”.
Just after Trump ended his speech Tuesday night, Pelosi dramatically ripped up a copy of it. Asked about it as she left the chamber, she replied, “it was the courteous thing to do considering the alternatives.”
